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Please note the items below that Facilities Management would like us to do
on December 31, 1999 in our office spaces...  Thanks for your cooperation.

>Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 07:12:26 -0700
>From: Sidney Carlson <carlsons@spot.Colorado.Edu>
>To: y2k.liaisons@colorado.edu
>Subject: [Fwd: Facilities Management Y2K Contingency Planning]]]
>
>    Since day one, Facilities Management has been working on a Y2K
>Contingency Plan to assure the uninterrupted production, delivery, and
>control of utilities we provide to the Campus Community.  Our approach
>begins with worst-case scenario assumptions, and addresses them through
>prevention, recovery, and damage control.
>    We have focused, primarily on prevention, (i.e. system remediation
>and testing, system isolation, redundancy, and backup, and utility load
>management). To this end I am pleased to state that our systems are
>compliant.  We are currently involved in ensuring that utility
>production is truly a stand alone operation, totally independent of
>outside suppliers.  We are also isolating utility production systems
>from one another, and backing them up with redundant systems. We believe
>that these precautions will assure uninterrupted utility delivery
>through the millennium.
>    Assurances are not guarantees however, and we are planning for
>recovery in addition to prevention.  Plans for recovery are more
>difficult to pin down.  We hope they won't be necessary.  In the event
>they are, we will have the capability to restart the Power House from a
>total blackout condition. This process also involves utility load
>management.  Utility load management is a large concern to us because it
>involves issues beyond our immediate control.  For this reason we will
>need your help.  Simple house keeping tasks will be of great value.
>    1.    Turn out the lights.
>    2.    Unplug appliances
>    3.    Turn off office equipment, computers, and peripherals.
>    4.    Close windows and doors.
>    5.    Turn off, or turn down, anything that would consume utilities
>unnecessarily in your absence.
>
>    Damage control is something we are all too familiar with, and also
>can reside in areas that are also beyond our immediate control.  Again,
>we will need your help.
>    1.    If, in your work area, there is something that would become a
>safety or health hazard if power and/or environmental control were not
>available (ex. chemicals stored in fume hoods), then:
>            a.    If possible remove the danger before leaving.
>            b.    If not possible, inform Facilities Management and
>Environmental Health and Safety of the nature and location of the
>potential problem.  Also provide the name and number of a contact
>person. Better yet, have someone on hand to monitor the situation,
>            c.    Leave the name and number of a contact person, a
>description of the potential hazard and some instruction on the door.
>
>    2.    Repeat a, b and c if equipment, research and/or irreplaceable
>items are at risk if power and/or environmental control are not
>available.
>
>    Facilities Management employees are Essential Services and we will
>be staffed on New Years Eve.  The Service Desk will be our command
>center (492-5522)  In the unlikely event that the campus, as a whole or
>within specific areas, experiences problems, we will need a list of
>people to contact.  As a place to start, I am assuming that you, the
>Department Y2K Liaison, will be that Contact Person for your department
>on New Years Eve.  If this is not the case, I need to know who will be.
>It is very important that we know the name and number of someone to
>contact in each department in the event problems arise.
>
>Sincerely,
>Sidney Carlson
>Facilities Management
>Y2K Coordinator